You may have heard of the Dubai Duty-Free Millenium Millionaire Lottery, or the Dubai Lottery has it's often called. This lottery started back in 1999 as a way to reward tourists with cash prizes before they leave. However, it's grown so much since then that it's now one of the most awaited lotteries for travelers coming into and leaving Dubai.

The Dubai Lottery takes place from the Dubai International Airport and is so famous that travelers all around the world are aware of it. One of the reasons for its popularity is that it has relatively high odds of winning, even more so than the top sites like Elarab Casino. In addition, there's no limit to the number of tickets one can purchase. Therefore, you can buy as many tickets as you like to increase your chances of winning.

Fun Fact: Since it began, there have been so many winners of the 1-million-dollar jackpot, that not one but SEVEN winners have won more than once.

How to Participate in the Dubai Online Lottery

Each person that wants to participate in the Dubai Online Lottery must purchase a ticket that has a unique code number. On the day of the lottery draw, all the numbers are pooled together, and one ticket is randomly selected. The winner is whoever's ticket number gets chosen.

The Dubai Lottery is more similar to a raffle than other lotteries where players choose several different numbers. There are a few other aspects that make the Dubai Lottery unique from others. For example, ticket sales only go up to five thousand tickets, so the odds of winning are always the same and depend on the number of tickets you hold.

Every 2-3 weeks, the ticket draw takes place at the duty-free mall in the Dubai International airport. After that, they publish the results on all of the organization's social media accounts for players to see. The odds of winning are as straightforward as it gets, one in five thousand. This gives the Dubai Online Lottery the best odds of any other in the world.

How to Purchase Tickets

Surprisingly, you don't need to be in Dubai to buy tickets! You can also purchase them by visiting the Dubai Lottery website and creating an account. They do require you to enter your passport information to register.

Once you have an account, you can buy tickets with a credit or debit card. You'll then receive a digital ticket in your email. The great thing is that you can purchase as many as you want to increase your odds of winning. Each ticket cost $1,000, so the lottery organization makes a nice profit as well.

A few interesting points about the Dubai Online Lottery:

       •     You can reserve your ticket number ahead of time via phone or email

       •     If you are the lucky winner, you must submit your original ticket through the same avenue you used to purchase it.

       •     The Dubai Online Lottery will issue your prize via wire transfer within 3-4 weeks!